Description

Fridericia reported an equation for correcting the QT interval for heart rate.


Parameters:

(1) measured QT interval in milliseconds

(2) RR interval in seconds

 

corrected QT in milliseconds =

= (measured QT) / (RR^0.333)

 

Performance:

The equation works better at lower heart rates (Karjalainen).

It underestimates the QT interval when the heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute.

 

Moss reports an equation from Fridericia's paper:

 

predicted QT interval in 100th of a second =

= 8.22 * ((RR interval in 100th of a second) ^ 0.333)

 

predicted QT interval in milliseconds =

= (QT interval in 100th of a second) * 10


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